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At 11:18 am on July 4th, 1,000 pressure transmitters have been shipped from Supmea's Xiaoshan factory to the country in the Middle East,“The Oil Kingdom”, where is 5,000km away from China.
During the epidemic, Rick, the Supmea's Chief Representative for South East Asia, received a messsage from Sayed, the partner from the Middle East wrote: "We will order 1000 pressure transmitters", which is the third cooperation between the Middle East partner and Supmea. This partner in the Middle East is a large vehicle manufacturer. To ensure the safety of vehicles, several pressure transmitters are installed on each vehicle to monitor the tire pressure data in real time."Now that the epidemic is under control, the shipment can finally be delivered." Rick said.
As early as April 2019, the Middle East partner conducted the first cooperation with Supmea by purchasing 10 diffused silicon pressure transmitters. After rigorous tests, the Middle East partner said the products performed very well.
A month later, the Middle East partner ordered another 500 pressure transmitters. Due to the limited space for installation on the truck, Supmea customized specially a compact pressure transmitter in small size for the Middle East partner to fit perfectly on the truck.
The Middle East partner highly recognized the products and services of Supmea, What's more, they said that there would be a subsequent demand for 20,000 pressure transmitters, which would become the standard for their trucks.
"We were also worried about the impact of the epidemic on our customers, therefore, we planned to send masks to support our customers, yet it still needs to be negotiated with the customs and related authorities." Rick said. After many times of cooperation, Supmea and the Middle East partner trust each other and have a deep friendship. Although there is a long distance between different countries, but we genuinely want to help our partners.


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UAE consumer electronics market to hit $4bn
Dubai, August 19, 2014
The increased sale of tablets, smartphones and digital SLR cameras is expected to push UAE’s consumer electronics market to Dh16 billion ($4.3 billion) next year, according to the Consumer Electronics Association.
Following this considerable and fast-growing appetite for consumer electronics, the Gitex Shopper 2014, the Middle East’s largest consumer IT and electronics show, which will run from September 27 to October 4 at the Dubai World Trade Centre.
The eight-day sales extravaganza will bring together the region’s power retailers and the world’s biggest electronic brands and is expected to attract more than 210,000 visitors.
Mobile phone penetration remains strong across the Middle East and currently stands at 109 per cent, some 19 per cent higher than the global average and comfortably ahead of the US and Asia Pacific.
Meanwhile, the regional smartphone adoption has catalysed widespread amateur photography among consumers which has subsequently boosted sales of DSLR cameras.
Nikon, the official Gitex Shopper Photography Partner, will utilise the show to promote its current line of DSLRs – including the D5300, the Japanese company’s first entry-level DX-format digital SLR camera – which incorporates WiFi and GPS functions within the camera itself.
Additional digital platforms per household – tablets, UHD TVs and laptops in particular - are also strong contributors to continued market growth in the region.
Trixie LohMirmand, senior vice president, DWTC, said: “With the UAE’s consumer electronics market forecast to reach Dh16 billion by next year, Gitex Shopper has remains a critical platform for the region’s consumer electronics industry.
“Every year our exhibitors become even more competitive in their offers, making sure new products are launched at show and planning deals, promotions and competitions to excite consumers and attract hundreds of thousands of visitors.”
More than 100 leading consumer IT and electronics brands will be represented at Gitex Shopper this year, with more than 35,000 products on show, LohMirmand said.
Global players include Bose, Dell, Hewlett, Huawei, Lenovo, Nestle, Samsung, Seagate and Toshiba. A host of regional power retailers including Al Falak Electronics, E-City, Jacky’s, Jumbo, Max, Mega, Plug Ins and Sharaf DG will also be running exclusive show promotions. - TradeArabia News Service

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ATL Food Chatter: November 16, 2009
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Downtown has generally been regarded as Atlanta’s less inspired dining destinations—an area where only tourists or event attendees dine. However, in spite of the economic malaise that has sharply curtailed the tourist and convention trade and left lingering perceptions about safety and crime, and despite notable recent closings such as City Grill and Dailey’s downtown Atlanta’s dining scene continues to grow.
Downtown’s Sweet Auburn Historic District has seen some of the most activity lately, with the opening of Sweet Auburn Bistro, serving “New Southern” cuisine, and the immensely popular Grindhouse Burgers in the Sweet Auburn Curb Market. Other new additions include Terrace at Peachtree restaurant in the Ellis hotel, and a forthcoming location of Marlow’s Tavern.
One force driving Downtown restaurant growth is the marketing group, Central Atlanta Progress (CAP), which sponsors Downtown Dining Week. According to Wilma Sothern, VP of Marketing for CAP, the goal of the organization’s current marketing campaign, The Downtown District, is to brand downtown Atlanta as a dining destination for metro Atlanta. As an example of the program’s success, she points out that in 2009, Downtown Dining Week, the program’s primary initiative, was extended an additional week because of the overwhelming demand at participating restaurants.
Sothern and her team are planning to work with some of the new attractions like the College Football Hall of Fame that are being planned for downtown. CAP wants to integrate the proposed attractions’ marketing plans into the Downtown Dining District’s plans.
And for those of you who enjoyed 2009’s Downtown Dining Week, the dates have been set for 2010: July 26 to August 5.
NEWS AND NOTES:
Restaurant Eugene, Park 75, Bacchanalia and MF Buckhead were all named one of Georgia Trend magazine’s Top 10 dining destinations.
For the first time in 20 years, there are no AAA Five Diamond restaurants in Atlanta. In fact, the 2010 awards list has no Georgia restaurants.
Bacchanalia, Park 75 and Quinones Room at Bacchanalia are the Atlanta 2010 Forbes Travel Guide’s (formerly Mobil) Four-Star awardees.
Buckhead. The Blissful Glutton is reporting that Sheik Burritos & Kabob, serving fusion concoctions, has opened at 1877 Piedmont Avenue.
Decatur. As first reported in Decatur Metro, a 100 percent locally raised, organic beef burger joint called Farm Burger, is hoping to open in the former Voila space on West Ponce de Leon Avenue, next to Watershed.
Downtown. Grindhouse Burgers won 1st place in the 2009 Cabbagetown Chomp and Stomp chili cook off and Festival contest with a classic chili recipe. Judges this year included Kevin Gillespie; Shaun Doty; Kevin Rathbun; Scott Serpas; and Joe Truex
Johns Creek. Gladys Knight and Ron Winan’s Bistro in that area has closed.
Midtown. The Waffle House slated for the former American Apparel location in Tech Square will feature a decidedly Georgia Tech appeal, including gold and white striped chairs, a series of Tech themed murals, and a statue of the school’s mascot, Buzz.
Poncey Highland. The Majestic Diner has been named one of the top ten late night diners by Playboy magazine.
Question of the Week: What new Metro Atlanta based sports restaurant group is planning a Buckhead store in 2010?
PS. The answer to last week’s QOTW—What former ATL bad boy chef is rumored to have returned to town?—is Paul Luna.


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Hoping to add an Internet dimension to its growing kids business, Zula USA has launched a successful kids science education TV show in the past three years and is now diving into the vitual world market.
The Burbank, Calif.-based company quietly launched its ZulaWorld virtual world for kids on June 1 and just filled me in on the details of its new offering. It has about 1,000 members so far, and it’s all in the name of making science fun.
The TV show, Zula Patrol, on PBS and NBC revolves around aliens who travel from world to world and solve various problems using science. In the virtual world, kids can create an online character, or avatar, and become an alien. They can fly their own spaceships and customize the garages where they park them. They can play mini games within the world that help teach scientific principles, said Deb Manchester, creator of the Zula Patrol. Zula Patrol and ZulaWorld both focus on kids six and older, along with their parents and teachers.
A game where you have to catch moles dropping from the sky on a level teaches kids about the principles of leverage. Moles of different weights alter the balance of the lever, which is like a seesaw. The weights are different on different planets as well.
Players can also race around Saturn’s rings in “bumper” spaceships, like a bumper car carnival ride. At the skateboard park pictured above, kids have to figure out what the right size wheels are for their skateboards. In a Venus game, kids can capture a cloud to learn about weather patterns on other planets.
ZulaWorld may have a tough time getting noticed, since there are some 200 other kids virtual worlds either in development or already operational online. But Zula has a couple of advantages. IBM is investing in the Zula project by offering in-kind services such as technical support and infrastructure design for the virtual world. It is part of IBM’s mission to support education through its Smarter Planet initiative, which is focusing on developing educational virtual worlds. IBM Research is helping as well.
Under the deal, IBM is providing help for free now and may share in future revenues, said David Laux, an IBM executive.
ZulaWorld is also likely to get enormous visibility because of Zula’s TV show.
Zula USA is financed with $20 million in private funding from an anonymous investor who believes in kids education, Manchester said. It has about 30 employees. Zula is working with Canadian game developer Bash Bang to make video games as well. Zula Patrols airs Saturday mornings on NBC and throughout the week on PBS.
The basic game world is available for free for visitors to the site. A subscription to ZulaWorld.com unlocks more levels. Subscriptions rates are $5.99 a month or $49.99 a year.
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Disney (DIS -1.83%) stock has overcome market volatility and concerns about cord-cutting's impact on the business' media networks segment to post gains on the year and outperform the broader market. Strong showings for the company's film and theme park businesses helped the multimedia giant deliver record results in its recently wrapped fiscal year. But big acquisition news and the promise of an upcoming product launch also appear to have factored into the company's gains in 2018.
Shares hit a lifetime high in October, finally surpassing the previous high mark they reached in 2015, as expectations mounted that the company would deliver a strong fourth-quarter report in November. Results for the period came in ahead of expectations, helping the stock stay in the neighborhood of its new pricing high amid sell-offs for the broader market, and shares are now up roughly 8% on the year.
Domination in the film industry
While Disney's studio entertainment segment was only its third-highest sales and earnings contributor last year, great performance for the company's 2018 movie slate was one of the business' biggest stories and a key driver of results. The filmed entertainment business did see some big misfires, most notably the shockingly low sales for Solo: A Star Wars Story, but great results for Marvel Cinematic Universe entries and a Pixar sequel helped push the overall segment above expectations.
Black Panther crushed expectations to deliver roughly $1.35 billion in ticket sales, Avengers: Infinity War grossed over $2 billion, Incredibles 2 scored $1.24 billion at the box office, and Ant-Man and the Wasp grossed over $620 million.That slate gives Disney five of the year's top-10 highest-grossing films so far. After the company's purchase of Fox's film properties goes through and the Deadpool franchise joins the Magic Kingdom, Disney will own the properties behind six of 2018's current top-10 highest grossing movies.
That kind of market-share snapshot reflects how dominant the company's position in the film industry is looking, and this advantage will likely extend beyond the box office and translate to momentum in the streaming space, while also adding to the appeal of its parks and bolstering its merchandise licensing business.
Disney stock got a boost in mid-June after AT&T successfully defended its acquisition of Time Warner from an antitrust suit by the Justice Department, a development that seemed to pave the way for the House of Mouse to move ahead with its bid for Fox's key entertainment assets. Disney raised its bid on the Fox properties to $71.3 billion less than a week after the AT&T-Time Warner ruling, and the Department of Justice then officially granted approval to the deal late in June.
Shares continued to climb in July as the broader market gained ground and Disney narrowed in on finalizing its big purchase, with each company's shareholders voting to approve the deal on July 27. Disney stock did lose momentum in August after the company published third-quarter sales and earnings that fell short of the average analyst targets, but it fired back in November with fourth-quarter results that surpassed expectations.
Sales for Disney's quarter that included September rose 12% year over year to reach $14.3 billion, while net income jumped a whopping 33% to reach roughly $2.3 billion, and adjusted earnings per share were up 38% to $1.48. Strong performance for the period was driven by the company's movie and theme parks segments. Studio entertainment grew revenue 50% versus the prior-year period, and saw its operating income climb a whopping 174%. Theme park revenue grew 9% year over year and generated a 12% year-over-year operating income increase.
Next year could be bigger
The acquisition of Fox assets will reportedly close early in 2019, but even without factoring in franchises like X-Men, the House of Mouse is set to have an absolutely massive year at the box office. Disney's movie wing looks ready to set records next year, with new installments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Toy Story 4, Frozen 2, Star Wars: Episode IX, and live-action remakes of Aladdin and The Lion King likely to score up big ticket sales. That lineup appears likely to power its movie business above an already very strong 2018, and it should also help the company's consumer products segment return to growth.
While the company's 2019 film slate is filled with titles that investors will want to keep an eye on, the biggest event for the business next year will likely be the launch of its streaming service for films and television series. Disney+ still doesn't have a concrete launch date, but management says that it's expected to debut toward the end of next year.
Even after its recent gains, Disney stock does not appear to be prohibitively valued, trading at roughly 16 times this year's expected earnings. The company's media networks segment will continue to face pressure from cord-cutting. But with strong growth for its theme parks and movie businesses, untapped potential in streaming, and a fast-growing dividend component, the House of Mouse looks appealing from a long-term investing standpoint.


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Banned books? Not here. American Stage, Keep St. Pete Lit, and Tombolo Books created a banned books library, and on Feb. 18, the St. Petersburg theater company on 3rd Street North opened the library, stocked with books banned from Florida public schools.
House Bill 1467
This collaboration sparked from recent removals of classroom books thanks to House Bill 1467. This legislation requires materials in public school districts in Florida to undergo an approval process before students use them.
One book that didn’t meet with approval caught the eye of American Stage’s Director of Marketing Avery Anderson: Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye.
After remembering he read this exact book in high school, Anderson didn’t want to ignore this. Anderson reached out to Keep St. Pete Lit. This led to St. Pete Lit organizing the book drive for the library.
“I still can’t believe that people actually think banning books is OK. It’s mind-blowing to me, especially because the books that are banned represent diversity and inclusion,” said Maureen McDole, founder and executive director of Keep St. Pete Lit. “It infuriates me and I am so grateful to be able to create a space for people to read the books if they want, whenever they want.”
Find St. Pete’s Banned Books Library
Visitors can find the library in the American Stage lobby. The library is free for students.
“I would love to see people in and out every day, taking books, and sharing the ideas behind them,” Anderson said.
St. Pete’s Tombolo Books has a section of banned books online and in store. This includes The Bluest Eye for any interested buyers.
Anyone can donate to the library. If you purchase a blacklisted book from Tombolo Books for the library, Keep St. Pete Lit will transfer them for you.


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Another day, another change of hairstyle for chameleon-like David Beckham who has obviously been inspired by his wife Victoria's new bombshell look. It's not the former Spice Girl who Real Madrid team-mates have been comparing him to, though, but iconic blonde Marilyn Monroe.
The footie ace, who turns 32 next week, is taking the comments in his stride after other players tried to whip off his woolly hat during a training session for a peek at his newly peroxide locks.
"I like to change. And with short hair I wanted to do it - although I've had the mickey taken out of me for it," admits the dad-of-three, who just weeks ago debuted a short-back-and sides. The new style is apparently timed to coincide with a US magazine cover shoot of him and Victoria by top fashion snapper Stephen Klein. "As they're both blonde at the moment the images will look sensational and will get the whole of America talking," said one source.


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EDINBURGH: 3D printer house owners throughout Britain have answered the decision of well being leaders by teaming as much as produce 1000’s of face visors to guard medical employees from being contaminated with coronavirus.
The venture, often known as 3DCrowdUK, launched on Monday after medical establishments raised the alarm about potential gear shortages because of the closure of provide factories affected by the virus.
“We are basically getting all the people around the country who have 3D printers and we’re enlisting them in our project to create face shields for the NHS,” digital artist and 3D printer proprietor Seb Lee-Delisle stated.
“We literally set it up on Monday and by now we have got hundreds and hundreds of people involved.” The scarcity of masks arose after factories in China closed because of the unfold of the coronavirus in January and February.
The masks are simple to assemble. As soon as the 3D printers have created the headscarf, a plastic movie is positioned on the entrance and elastic connected the again to carry it in place.
Corporations throughout the UK have been providing their premises as meeting and distribution hubs for the shields.
“The people that are making the 3D parts bag them up and send them to the closest hub and at the hub they go ahead and manufacture them, put the plastic sheets on the front and the elastic and deliver them to the people that desperately need it,” Lee-Delisle stated.
“It’s a very quick, fast, cost-effective way to get protective gear into the hands of our NHS workers.” Stephen Stewart, the pinnacle of computing at Lochaber Excessive Faculty within the west of Scotland, stated he began printing the face shields after he heard that his native hospital was in pressing want of visors to guard its medical employees from the virus.
“Currently it takes two hours to print one but I am hoping to reduce that now the design is perfected,” he stated.
“Since beginning yesterday I’ve printed 5 from one printer and dropped them in to the
Belford Hospital.” The design for the masks was equipped by Josef Prusa, a 3D printer primarily based within the Czech Republic.
The volunteers have been supplying their very own supplies to provide the shields however the venture has additionally been gathering donations by crowd funding.
1000’s extra 3D-printed face shields are on account of be delivered to hospitals round Britain within the coming weeks.
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It has finally been revealed by Toyota. It was awaited by people around the world, which is none other than the GR Supra GT4.
It is a phenomenal sports car that has taken the world by storm, and almost everything about this car is phenomenal.
This is a must-buy for all those who want a sports car that is unique and at the same time delivered at every front, which makes it a breathtaking sports car.
The Japanese automaker deserves all the credit here as they have made a phenomenal piece of machinery, and in order to make this celebration even more special, there are only three models of Toyota GR Supra GT4 in the whole world. This is quite insane, as it has already become a collector’s item for many, even before its release.
Toyota GR Supra GT4 Asking Price Makes It Very Expensive for Many
There will be only three people that will be able to buy this sports car, and there is one more weird thing about this is that it was revealed company that those three lucky people will be “allowed” to pay the price of 220,000 euros and for the U.S the price will be $235,600 when looking at the current rates.
The place where these sports cars will be available to buy hasn’t been revealed by Toyota yet, but most likely, it will be available in Europe, North America, and Asia.
This price seems to be on the hefty side of the spectrum, but the engine, interior, limited edition, and other things do make it worth the asking price.
The specifications and the engine details of the Supra GT4 have been revealed by the company, which has impressed a lot of people. One downside of this car is that it isn’t street legal, which makes it a car that can only be used on the track race.
As for the color variations, GT4 100 Edition will have a color that will be called Plasma orange; there will be another one for the 45th Anniversary Supra, which will have a red tint that is named Mikan Blast orange.
Toyota GR Supra GT4 Will Have a Very Powerful Engine
The engine that is within the hood of this car is a very powerful one, which is an enhanced EVO version of the race car. With this, it is able to generate a total of 450 horsepower.
The exterior that has been presented here is of a very high quality and is very meticulously designed by the team, and they have done such a great job that can’t be underestimated by anyone.
The front of the Toyota GR Supra GT4 is very great looking, which has a large hood vent that is accompanied by the new dive plane aerodynamic, which has been done to improve its downforce.
There are carbon fiber mirrors installed at the front, LED lights, and a new type of passenger seat. This is, without a doubt, a car worth buying that exceeds in every department, but due to its limited number, only a select few will be able to drive it.


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Microsoft sent out invitations today to select analysts and tech media (myself included) for an event on January 21 titled “Windows 10: The next chapter”.
Mary Jo Foley wrote on ZDNet that a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed that the event will focus on the Windows 10 consumer experience. Foley also states that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Windows execs Terry Myerson and Joe Belfiore, and Xbox chief Phil Spencer are all scheduled to present at the day-long event, which will be live streamed as well.
Tune in on January 21 to find out what’s in store for Windows 10.
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Setec is proud to announce the official website of the BM PRO product range (teambmpro.com) which went live on Friday the 30th of August, 2013.
The site launch coincided with the introduction of our world leading range of battery management solutions at Europe’s No. 1 trade show, Caravan Salon Dusseldorf.
Customers can now purchase their BM PRO products with the click of a button and also find out the latest news from the the caravanning, motor home and 4×4 industries.
Setec will be one of 570 international exhibitors to participate in this year’s Caravan Salon fair which is open to both trade and the general public. This show is also well known for its entertainment program and family friendly activities.
The BM PRO team will be exhibiting at the show until Sunday the 8th of September, click here for more information.
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The traditional way to celebrate Easter around the world is through Easter Egg Hunt. Egg hunt is a game in which decorated eggs, real hard-boiled or artificial are hidden in various places for children to find and prizes were given to the winners after the hunt.
Rovio, the company behind the very popular game Angry Bird have already released the demo game of Angry Birds Space. Yes, the Angry Birds are now in Space.
If you are playing the Hangaroo Game Pinoy Version, you will notice that it was updated with latest phrases and words from the Corona Impeachment Trial like the names of the members of the impeachment team, prosecution, senator-judges and other impeachment-related terminologies.
To all Facebook Users, Good News! starting February 14, 2012, you can now play the popular Android and iOS game, Angry Birds of Facebook.


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For Fashion Week, the industry tries to reinvent itself
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We’re in the middle of fashion week season: New York’s and London’s have wrapped up, Milan’s is going on right now and Paris’ will round out the sequence next week.
The runway shows have been scaled back, socially distanced and mostly virtual. The slimmed-down events are one indication of how the fashion industry’s scrambling to make sense of a world under lockdown.
In the program for his New York Fashion Week event, designer Tom Ford wrote that at the height of stay-at-home orders, he felt fashion should simply go into hibernation for a year. He’s not alone in that thought. Susan Scafidi, founder and academic director at the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University, said these fashion week shows are “in some ways a placeholder.”
“At the moment, the way we dress is really the way we don’t dress anymore, Scafidi said. “Fewer places to go, fewer formal events, a significant percentage of people still working from home.”
She said that means designers and the companies that distribute clothes have to evolve.
Last week, Rent the Runway, known for leasing workwear and formal wear, said it is getting rid of its unlimited subscription. Retailers that sell high fashion have shuttered. Supply chains have been backed up. Thomai Serdari, luxury marketing professor at New York University, says there’s “a general feeling of uncertainty.”
“We don’t know where we’re going to manufacture the product, we don’t know what the product will look like. We don’t know what our life would look like to even imagine the product,” Sedari said.
The products for now on the virtual runway: couture masks, flowier, comfier clothes and home decor. Laticha Brown, a professor at Fashion Institute of Technology, said designers are using this time to rethink what they want to create and what consumers will buy. Brown said her own style has changed now that she spends lots of time on video calls.
“I’m looking at neckline, so am I wearing a crewneck or V-neck,” she said. “I want to make sure perhaps my necklace is a statement necklace something that they can actually see.”
That’s influencing what she and other shoppers have been buying.
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The tear that passed was slightly negative for Germany’s footwear industry. The segment in the country lost 2.7% in 2019. Now there are additional challenges: but while the period appears to be difficult, the segment trust there will be a recovery in the future. That’s the summary of what said by Carl-August Seibel, president of the German association for footwear and leather goods, in Düsseldorf during Gallery Shoes.
Footwear loses 2.7%
Seibel reported that German footwear manufacturers lost 2.7% in 2019, in comparison to the previous year. Total revenue stopped at 2.89 billion euro. Sales within Germany lost 1.8%, while foreign revenue dropped by 6.8%. “Luckily this performance has had no impact on the overall number of jobs, which increased by 2% during 2019, equal to 15.708 employees – commented Saibel in a note -. Qualified workers don’t risk to lose its job even during a difficult time, because German manufacturer know they are hard to find”.
Unknown outcome of Coronavirus
Seibel also commented on the current Coronavirus situation, stating that its impact on the German industry cannot yet be evaluated with accuracy: “We will need at least one or two more weeks to be able to draw more precise evaluations”. Of course, it can already be perceived how this health emergency is “causing an increase in prices that cannot simply be put onto the consumer”. With regards to challenges ahead, the manager also mentioned the relationship between production and sustainability. According to Seibel, a balance must be reached via innovation: “Companies need to face growing labor costs, as well as that related to sustainable products, which is also increasing”.
Even during a situation of global uncertainty, German footwear manufacturers remains overall positive for 2020. Why? “The US economy is in good shape. The markets in Asia, Africa and Middle East will continue to grow and there is strong consumer trust, thanks to the great occupation levels in Germany. Last, even with reduced purchases from the Coronavirus, the lack of winter will bring a recovery”.
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OFI AGM and Interzoo Plans
OFI is eargerly looking forward to the bi-annual Interzoo event to be held from 8 to 11 May in Nuremberg, Germany. This is one of the premirer pet industry events of the world and a great place to meet fellow industry professionals, suppliers, customers an of course friends.
OFI will have a booth in Hall 4, stand number 302. We encourage anyone in the ornamental fish sector to visit us and as always our members are welcome to use our booth as a meeting place.
We are also pleased to inform you that Nathalie, OFI EU representative, will be present on May 8, for...Continue Reading
Call for Industry Support for Fijian Reef Restoration Project
OFI member Walt Smith International has released an open letter to the ornamental fish industry seeking support for the ADE Project that they are associated with. The ADE Project assists local communities to ‘plant’ corals to restore degraded reef areas around Fiji. Walt states that they have planted more corals on the Fijian reefs than have been exported to help make their industry sustainable.
Walt hopes that if industry shows more support for this project it will help in the negotiations to try a...Continue Reading
Confusion around Fiji announcement to stop live rock and coral exports
The marine ornamental fish industry has suffered another blow with the recent announcement by the Ministry of Fisheries in Fiji to implement a 'zero quota for export of live rock and coral for 2018.' While the move is aimed at protecting the island nations coral reef resources, there is considerable confusion around the announcement, particularly about export of farmed corals. There is also potential massive job losses with one industry member already announcing they will need to shed 75% of their workforce as a result of this change top legislation.
Tests for Detection of Illegal Cyanide Fishing a Step Closer
The issue of Illegal Cyanide Fishing in marine fisheries has been a problem for many years. This practice is used in the collection of reef fish for food and for the ornamental fish industry, and due to its dangerous and destructive nature is illegal in most countries around the world. The ornamental fish in general disapproves of this practice and our OFI Charter specifically states that members should not trade in cyanide caught fish. However, there is no reliable and practical test for the detection of cyanide use in fish and for this reason it can be difficult to detect and prosecute th...Continue Reading
Scott Dowd nominated for prestigious prize
Boston, Mass., September 19, 2017 – Scott Dowd of Project Piaba, a non-profit organization which studies and fosters beneficial socioeconomic and environmental Amazonian aquarium fish trade, has been nominated for the 2018 Indianapolis Prize for his work with Amazon fisheries. Dowd joins 31 other global leaders nominated for the prize.
Regarded as the world’s leading animal conservation award, the Indianapolis Prize is a biennial recognition...Continue Reading
OFI 2007 AWARD RECIPIENT WIN TOMEY PASSES
It was with great sadness that we received the news that Wim Tomey, laureate of the 2007 OFI Award, passed away on 20 February, 2017.
"The OFI Award 2007 was presented on May 26th 2007 by the president of the Ornamental Fish International to Mr. Wim Tomey.
Mr. Tomey received the Award for his activities over 30 years of successfully consulting and assisting governments, institutions, companies, hobby associations and private individuals. He had had a hand in developing export facilities and commercial breeding centers for ornamental fish, utilizing biological technical...Continue Reading
2016 OFI Award goes to Keith Davenport
Nuremberg, Germany – May 27, 2016 – Keith Davenport of OATA has been awarded the 2016 OFI Award for his for his immense work for the aquatic industry in the UK and internationally, and his unlimited willingness to share information and cooperate with colleagues across the globe. Keith has been Chief Executive Officer of the UK trade organisation OATA since 1991 and became a true leading light in the community of trade associations working with ornamental aquatic industry issues. He is always the first to share information with others, and is always ...Continue Reading
Montfort (Netherlands): There is no doubt that movies such as “Finding Nemo” and “Finding Dory” increase the interest in keeping ornamental fish and become the inspiration for moving ‘new comers’ to the hobby. However, it is important when selecting any pet, including fish, that you do your homework to find out what equipment and care is needed for the pet. While the internet can be a reliable source of information Ornamental Fish International (OFI) would also encourage people to visit and speak with specialist retailers to get the right informatio...Continue Reading
OFI supports CITES decision not to list BCF on Appendix II
The situation for the Banggai Cardinal Fish has been of major concern to OFI for many years, although not necessarily for the same reasons as suggested by CITES CoP17 prop. 46.
We are dealing with a species with a very restricted distribution, exposed to a multitude of threats. In addition to the collection for the ornamental fish trade, which has shown a decreasing trend in later years, these threats include destruction of the macro and micro habitats, due to destructive fishing methods for food fish and selective targeting of the host sea anemones and sea urchins. Use as feeder ...Continue Reading
Aquarama becomes first sponsor of OFI
OFI would like to announce that Aquarama has confirmed its support of OFI as a Silver Sponsor of OFI. Aquarama is one of the leading ornamental fish trade shows in the world and provides the ornamental fish industry a forum for promoting products and exchanging ideas. OFI looks forward to working more closely with Aquarama over the coming year.
OFI President Shane Willis said “OFI has worked closely with Aquarama over many years, and is proud to move forward with an even closer relationship under the sponsorship arrangement.” He continued to say “ our industry continues to f...Continue Reading


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It's a trend reversal in Mumbai, with more grooms-to-be (rather than brides) going for lavish treatments in the run-up to their wedding day
Going by recent trends, you just might have to re-define the term 'fairer sex' soon. For, preening and getting vanity-conscious is now no longer exclusive to women. When it comes to pre-wedding prep, grooms in Mumbai are demanding exotic wraps, rubs and a make-up crash course! While the trend kick-started abroad with a man whose trousers ripped when he got down on a knee and proposed to his girlfriend, grooms-to-be in Mumbai are breaking the bank when it comes to getting a makeover in time for D-Day.
Men want shimmer make-up with their sherwanis Who says macho men don't do make-up? "Lots, in fact you'll be surprised," reveals make-up artiste Marvie Beck. "First metrosexual men wanted under eye and anti-wrinkle make-up and now they're even bringing their formal wedding outfits to me and asking for make-up looks to match each one! They want a shimmer look with the sherwani, which is very popular, so is the guyliner in different textures! What's also very hot among grooms-to-be is using an illuminator, which looks very glam as well as a bronzer for the jawline that gives a deep, sunken-cheeks look, which is also 'in' with the guys. They also love pink lips and ask for lip tints. I used to get all these queries from brides but the trend's reversing now," she states.
It gets quite exotic, too! It's not just the basic manicure-and-massage regime, men are signing up for luxurious pampering with body polishes, delicate masks and more. "Grooms-to-be want everything from the platinum facial to the diamond body polish and jasmine and caviar body wrap, in fact, they fancy a whole exotic run-up to their big day. Clearly they have also been doing some homework because they know about the benefits of argan oil on the hair and about the coffee and passion fruit body polishes; it's quite a nice change," states wellness expert Nisha Jhaveri.
Adds spa manager Lalit Mundkur, "Most of these guys love the milk cleansers and herbal masks too...this whole idea to look radiant in those wedding pictures is being taken very seriously by men, now."


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Gluten-free diets adopted by increasing numbers of health-conscious consumers actually enhance the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, scientists have warned.
A major study by Harvard University suggests that ingesting only small amounts of gluten, or avoiding it altogether, increases the danger of diabetes by as much as 13 per cent.
Rising numbers of consumers are banishing gluten from their daily diet, encouraged by fashionable “clean eating” gurus such as Jasmine and Melissa Hemsley. Gluten is found in wheat, rye and barley and gives food elasticity during the baking process.
Only around 1 per cent of people are genuinely gluten-intolerant, a condition called celiac disease.
However, some estimates put the proportion of adults adhering to gluten-free diets in the UK alone at more than 12 per cent. The researchers behind the new study have now suggested that people who are not celiacs should reconsider limiting their gluten intake.
The Harvard team examined 30 years’ of medical data from nearly 200,000 patients. They found that most participants had a gluten intake of below 12 grams (0.4 oounces) a day, roughly the equivalent to two or three slices of wholemeal bread.
Within this range, those eating the most gluten had a 13 per cent lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared with those eating just 4g a day.
The study showed that those who ate less gluten also tended to eat less cereal fibre, a substance known to protect against diabetes, however this was adjusted for in the results.
“Gluten-free foods often have less dietary fibre and other micronutrients [such as vitamins and minerals], making them less nutritious and they also tend to cost more,” said Dr Geng Zong, a Harvard research fellow.
It is estimated that more than four million people with Type 2 Diabetes in Britain, around 6 per cent of the population. The disease occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, or the body’s cells do not react to insulin, and it is most commonly associated with obesity rather than a lack of micronutrients.
The British “free-from” market is growing rapidly and expected to be worth pounds 550?million by 2019. Market analyst Mintel claims that in 2015, 12 per cent of new food products launched in the UK carried a gluten-free claim, up from 7 per cent in 2011.
Last year, Catherine Collins, the chairman of the British Association of Dieticians, said the dramatic increase in people opting for “free-from” diets was partly down to the rise of celebrity food bloggers as well as a new culture of posting photographs of food on social media.
The research was presented Thursday at a meeting of the American Heart Association in Portland, Oregon. The study was observational, meaning participants reported their gluten consumption.


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LONDON – The global pure-play semiconductor foundry business will grow 12 percent to $29.6 billion in 2012, up from $26.5 billion in 2011, according to market research company IHS. In 2011, the pure-play foundry market expanded by 3 percent, the firm said.
This is about three times the growth IHS expects for the overall semiconductor market, the company said. Demand has been increasing steadily since late in the first quarter of 2012.
Foundry revenue will remain strong up to at least 2015, according to IHS. Revenue will rise another 14 percent in 2013 to an estimated $33.6 billion, with double-digit percentage growth continuing in 2014 and 2015 (see figure).
Pure-play foundry growth is being driven by demand for portable electronic products including smartphones and tablet computers, said Len Jelinek, director and chief analyst of semiconductor manufacturing at IHS, in a statement. However, foundries will have to contend with a continuing decline in average selling prices (ASP) in light of increased overall competition.
The pure-play foundry landscape has four leading players. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (TSMC) with revenue of $14.0 billion, followed by UMC at a distant second with $3.6 billion. The remaining tier one suppliers were Globalfoundries with $3.5 billion, and fourth-placed Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) with $1.3 billion. IHS ranked Tower Semiconductor Ltd., with $613.0 million in annual sales, at fifth.
TSMC has more capacity than all of its competitors combined, as well as the financial strength to outspend every one of its rivals, IHS said.
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The IFA announcement follows a choice by the native administration in Berlin to ban all massive occasions with greater than 5,000 members till October, 2020. It will likely be fascinating to see what this so-called ‘innovative new concept’ will likely be, however it’s very seemingly that it will likely be some sort of an internet occasion alongside the strains of WWDC 2020 and Microsoft’s Ignite 2020 that had been additionally moved on-line due to the pandemic.
#IFA20: Set for an revolutionary idea designed for unprecedented occasions.
IFA Berlin is about to go forward in 2020, however with an revolutionary new idea, following the choice by the Berlin authorities to ban all occasions with greater than 5,000 members till 24 October 2020.
— IFA Berlin (@IFA_Berlin) April 21, 2020
According to Hans-Joachim Kamp, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of GFU Consumer & Home Electronics, the corporate that organizes the IFA: “We expected this development given the constantly evolving pandemic and appreciate that we now have a clear regulatory framework that enables us, our partner Messe Berlin, and our exhibitors to make detailed plans for IFA 2020”.
The coronavirus outbreak has resulted within the the cancellation and postponement of a number of tech expos over the previous few months. While some, like MWC 2020, Google I/O, SXSW and Facebook F8, have been cancelled fully, others, like Apple and Microsoft’s aforementioned occasions, in addition to E3 2020, Gamescom, Oculus Connect, to call just a few, have moved on-line in mild of the pandemic.


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The release of the National Broadband Network (NBN) Business Plan is an important step in giving business a better understanding of the scope and implications of the NBN, says Australian Industry Group chief executive Heather Ridout.
However, the potential gains from improving business productivity through very fast broadband were not included in the business case, Ms Ridout says.
"To make the most of the possibilities offered by the NBN, business will need to learn more about potential applications of the NBN and how they can transform business and business models.
"To ensure we do get the most out of the NBN and its huge potential we have argued that there is merit in a national Flagship program to help a wider range of businesses become more fully engaged in exploring and adopting these benefits many of which are potentially transformational."
Customers will pay at least $56 a month to take advantage of faster download speeds under the Federal Government's national broadband network plan.
To get super-fast broadband access, business will have to pay about $80 a month.
According to projections in the Government’s NBN Business Plan, the new network will cost about $36 billion, with taxpayers contributing $27.5 billion, to be eventually refunded.
The network will be completed by the end of 2020 — later than first expected.
For the Government to meet its financial commitments, 70 per cent of Australia's 11 million premises will have to subscribe.


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ST. LOUIS – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today held a roundtable in St. Louis to hear from Missouri businesses and agriculture leaders about the economic impact of the Administration’s tariffs and trade policies on Missouri’s economy. At the roundtable, entitled “Examining the Effects of Tariffs and Trade Policy on Missouri Manufacturing and Agriculture,” McCaskill heard from representatives of businesses in manufacturing and agriculture with operations in Missouri.
“The most important industry to Missouri is agriculture—so listening to the farmers that were here today and listening to the companies that are part of the agricultural economy that were here today—it’s a grave concern for our state,” McCaskill said. “We’re looking at billions of dollars of loss in Missouri because of this trade war. So we’ve got to get this fixed because the markets that are going away are not going to come back right away—and of course the biggest market this group was focused on was China. One in three rows of beans in Missouri goes to China—it’s a huge export location for Missouri agriculture, so that obviously is not resolved, and it doesn’t appear it’s going to get solved anytime soon.”
Click HERE for video from the roundtable.
Ken McInnis, Director of Americas Supply Chain & Global Purchasing at the manufacturer RotoMetrics, said of the tariff exclusion process, “It’s a farce—I’ve got 70 plus applications in, they sit there for weeks or months and then they reject them for some minor issue. And then you resubmit them, and then you wait and then they go through a comment period, and it’s just this endless series of red tape. … It hurts American manufacturers like us because we’re paying a premium and it gives an advantage to all our global competitors.”
Matt McCrate, Past President and Board Member of the Missouri Soybean Association, said of the impacts the trade war is having on Missouri agriculture, “Now we’re looking at a $2 drop and it’s continuing to go down, so you’re talking $212 million in lost earnings for workers and businesses already. You’re talking 3,000 jobs that will probably have to go elsewhere because of a lack of business because Missouri soybeans are the number one export to China as he mentioned earlier—one in three rows for everything raised. And although we’re getting offered a band aid package for one year, we would much prefer free trade.”
A full transcript of the roundtable is available HERE.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, where McCaskill serves as the top Democrat, has conducted ongoing oversight of the Administration’s trade policies. In May, McCaskill joined Republican Chairman Ron Johnson of Wisconsin to demand details from the Department of Commerce on why it decided to impose tariffs on aluminum and steel imports that could harm Missouri businesses. In June, the two Senators also sent a bipartisan letter to the White House Council of Economic Advisers asking for details on its economic analysis that the Administration’s tariffs could be detrimental to economic growth. McCaskill’s roundtable in St. Louis follows a roundtable on tariff impacts that Johnson held last month in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
McCaskill has been a strong advocate on behalf of Missouri businesses and workers—and in June toured Mid Continent Nail Corporation, the largest U.S. producer of steel nails, which was forced to reduce its workforce by more than 30 percent because of soaring costs and canceled sales resulting from tariffs that the Administration placed on the wire that the company uses to produce nails. Following China’s implementation of retaliatory tariffs that harm Missouri agriculture exports, including soybeans and pork, McCaskill called on the Administration to end the trade war that “shuts our farmers and ranchers out of critical markets.”
As product-based exemptions from steel and aluminum tariffs are stuck in a backlog and country-based exemptions from the largest suppliers of steel and aluminum imports received only temporary extensions, McCaskill advocated on behalf of Missouri small businesses facing large financial burdens from the tariffs by calling on Secretary Ross and the Administration to help small businesses navigate the tariff exemption process to give them much-needed certainty and transparency.


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Koelnmesse, the organizers of the ISM / ProSweets trade fair, said he was optimistic about next year’s event in Cologne after reporting that around 1,300 exhibitors and 80% of the exhibition space had already been reserved. .
Three months before the show opened, he said 24% of the exhibition space had been booked by German companies and 76% by foreigners.
ISM / ProSweets is one of the world’s leading trade fairs for sweets and snacks and covers seven halls at the Koelnmess exhibition center. A total of 27 country pavilions from 22 countries and regions have already registered, with exhibitors from 65 countries including North Africa, South America and Asia. The participation of countries with the highest number of exhibitors comes from Belgium, UK, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Greece, France, Netherlands and USA, said organizers.
“We are delighted with this positive result. This shows how important the ISM is to the industry as a central business meeting point. With our concept of safety and hygiene of confidence, # B-SAFe4business, we ensure complete safety as we have already demonstrated at exhibitions like Anuga,“Said Sabine Schommer, director of the ISM.
The requirement for all participants to be fully vaccinated, or to have recovered from an infection within the past six months (but at least 28 days ago), or to have a negative test for Covid, s ‘applies throughout the exhibition grounds.
Admission to Koelnmesse will be through digital entrance tickets using the ISM app. This ticket must be accompanied by recognized digital proof of full vaccination, negative test, or recent recovery – a measure that will eliminate wait times and ensure the safety of all show attendees.
Organizers said participants must also continue to wear medical masks and maintain a social distance of 1.50 meters, and although some restrictions are mandatory, at the time of writing, Germany has relaxed some of its laws and it is no longer necessary to take the details of contact tracing. on stands or in catering areas or to count visitors in stand areas.
“The general restriction on the number of people at trade fair booths has also been relaxed, although social distancing must still be observed. The mask requirement has been removed in the fixed and standing areas. Masks can also be removed when tasting food or drink. Sneeze guards are no longer necessary in fixed and standing areas. In addition, exhibitions and information desks can now be placed again at the edge of stand areas and exhibitors can also organize ‘gatherings at their stand.Said Koelnmesse.
- ISM / ProSweets runs from January 30, 2022 to February 2, 2022 – see website for details.


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KEY LARGO, Florida Keys — Fans of craft beers and ales can savor them at Key Largo's sixth annual outdoor Brew on the Bay event, slated for Friday and Saturday, Jan. 6-7, at the waterside Rowell's Marina property.
Friday evening kicks off the weekend with a home brew competition from 6-8 p.m. at the Key Largo Lion's Club at mile marker (MM) 99.3 oceanside. Beer crafters are to compete for the best in four categories from light and easy lagers, middle of the road browns and ambers, to big and bold and all things hopped up. A limited number of tickets are to be available at a cost of $25 per person online or $30 at the door. Tickets include unlimited sampling, appetizers and live music.
Brew on the Bay's main event is set for 2-5:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, at Rowell's Marina, MM 104.5 bayside. More than 130 local, regional and worldwide craft and specialty beers are to be available for an unlimited tasting along the waterfront. For fresh, locally made seafood snacks, attendees can stop at the Seafood Court for mahi mahi fish sandwiches, lobster, shrimp and a Keys favorite, conch fritters.
Specialty retail vendors, games, raffle drawings and live bands round out the afternoon. General admission tickets are $40 per person. VIP tickets include a one-hour early admission for Saturday's main event with priority parking, preferred seating, a souvenir glass, T-shirt and backpack, and food and specialty tastings in a VIP tent. VIP tickets are $80. Designated drivers can purchase event admission for $15.
Money raised benefits the Rotary Club of Key Largo scholarship fund.
Event information and ticketing: keylargobrewonthebay.com
Key Largo visitor information: fla-keys.com/keylargo or 800-822-1088
Craft beer aficionados, this is the event for you.
More than 130 local, regional and worldwide craft and specialty beers are to be available for an unlimited tasting along the waterfront.
Brew on the Bay’s main event is set for 2-5:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, at Rowell’s Marina, MM 104.5 bayside.


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Profits at Michael Hill International rose 32.6% as the shine has started to return to jewellery sales.
The company has revealed a net profit of $34.5 million for the year to June 30, on revenue of $489.3 million – up 10% on last year.
Company founder and chairman Sir Michael Hill said the top line recovery in its jewellery sales followed difficult years of trading since the global financial crisis in 2008.
But retailing was still difficult across the four countries it operates in, requiring more money to be spent on marketing, consumer payment plans and stock levels to boost sales across its 240 international jewellery stores.
New Zealand and Australia remain the strongest markets for the jeweller, reflecting strength of the brand and maturity of the sales teams and business strategies.
New Zealand sales rose 6.2% to $101.7 million for year, lifting net profits 16% $18.6 million.
Eleven new stores opened during the year – six of which were in Australia where revenue rose 6.2 % to $A251 million.
In Canada, despite a 22.7% to $CA36.82 million rise in revenue, the company still made a loss of $CA174 thousand - but this was better than the loss of $CA1.2 million last year.
"The company is still confident of success in the Canadian market and intends to push on with steady growth in the years to come," Sir Michael said in a statement.
There is still a long way to go before the jewellery brand proves itself in the US where the company lost $US3.4 million (compared to $US6.3 million last year) on revenue of $US8.1 million for the year.
A decision to downsize the US operation from 17 to nine stores last year had been vindicated - as sales had grown 20% on a same-store basis.
"However, further improvement is necessary in this new market before the company can be confident the business has reached a level of performance that would justify further store growth."
Michael Hill International will pay a 3c dividend will be paid on October 10 – bringing the full-year dividend to 4.5c.
Imputation credits do not apply to New Zealand shareholders and the company said this was unlikely to be reinstituted in the foreseeable future due to internal restructuring.
Shares in Michael Hill were flat at 88c this morning.
This year the Hill family succeeded in its bid to wrest back control of the company through investment vehicle Durante Holdings, lifting its stake to 50.2% in March after buying 10.03 million shares at 90c.
Sir Michael Hill was valued at $245 million on the NBR Rich List this year.
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Chrysler is in the electric-vehicle game, breaking a self-imposed silence with a first look—and drive—of a trio of electric vehicles, one of which it says will be on the road in 2010, with more to come.
The initial prototypes include the Dodge EV, which is a fully electric vehicle based on a Lotus Europa that has been modified structurally for the technology (do all EVs now have to be built from Lotuses?). The two-seater has a range of 150 to 200 miles on electricity alone (it has a 268-hp electric-drive motor to drive the wheels, a lithium-ion battery system, and a controller to manage energy flow) and a claimed 0-to-60-mph time of less than five seconds, but has a top speed of only 100 mph at this point, with 120 expected when it goes into production. Recharging takes eight hours when plugged into a 110-volt household outlet, or half the time with 220 volts.
The other two prototypes are existing Chrysler vehicles that have been electrified and are what the industry calls “extended-range” electric vehicles in that they can go 40 miles on electricity but have small gasoline engines to extend that range to about 400 miles, à la Chevrolet Volt. One is a Jeep Wrangler, with full off-road capability, a 268-hp motor, and a gas tank to hold the 10 gallons of gasoline it needs for the extended range. The other concept is a Chrysler Town & Country with a two-cylinder gas engine and 255-hp motor, with a nine-gallon tank and the battery pack nestled into the bins of the Stow ’Go system.
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“One of these will be produced for consumers in 2010,” says Chrysler chairman Bob Nardelli. Neither he nor vice chairman and president Tom LaSorda will say which one it will be. While the Dodge would make the biggest splash—similar to the Chevy Volt concept when it debuted—the Jeep or minivan would be easier to do. The Dodge also differs from the Tesla (also Lotus-based) in that it is designed to be a volume vehicle.
While the execs are mum on which is first, all three will eventually be on the road and the automaker is working on a full portfolio of EVs and extended-range vehicles for all three brands. LaSorda says development of all three is running parallel.
LaSorda also says work on the EVs began prior to Cerberus purchasing the automaker, and that they were Chrysler-engineered—not Daimler—from the start. More than a year ago Chrysler created a skunkworks known as ENVI dedicated to creating electric vehicles.
“We’re well ahead of where the industry thought we were,” said LaSorda, “perhaps because we haven’t tooted our horn until now,” he says, in an obvious swipe at the hype generated by the Volt, which is due in November 2010. He says being the little guy does not mean Chrysler won’t be aggressive and take risks. While he admits the cars are reactionary, now that they are drivable prototypes, he says “we think today people will react to what we do.”
Nardelli says even if the government doesn’t come through with loan guarantees, the work is vital and other hard decisions will be made to make it happen if there is less money to work with.
Chrysler execs are proud of the fact that eight months after showing a trio of electric concepts at the 2008 Detroit auto show, it has drivable prototypes running full out on its evaluation track.
Frank Klegon, executive vice president of product development, says Chrysler will have 100 vehicles on the road in 2009 in government, business, utility or development fleets. In 2010, one of the three models will be on the market for consumers in North America and then Europe. He expects half the market will be electric vehicles by 2020.
LaSorda says the technology can be applied to front- and rear-wheel-drive vehicles as well as body-on-frame four-wheel-drive trucks.
While hybrid success in the industry has centered on vehicles that are on dedicated platforms, such as the Toyota Prius, Chrysler says it deliberately chose existing platforms and vehicles to save time and cost by focusing all efforts on the powertrain.
The battery chemistry and development is from General Electric (Nardelli is a former GE executive). Klegon says GE approached Chrysler with its work in progress—and the development is an exclusive partnership with Chrysler. It will be up to GE whether it wants to manufacture batteries as well, or just develop it. What GE came up with is a “dual energy storage system” with a lithium-ion battery for power (acceleration) and sodium energy pack for energy (extended range)—with both batteries in one pack.
Klegon says operating costs of the EVs would be one-fifth or one-sixth of conventional vehicles. The cost of the new technology is high, but should come down with economies of scale. The unique battery design also should save some money, he says. On pricing, all Chrysler will say is it will be competitive.
It has not been decided if the EVs would be built in a dedicated plant, or come off the lines of their conventional counterparts, LaSorda says.
Chrysler also used the media event to show the next-generation 2009 GEM Peapod electric vehicle that has a top speed of 25 mph and range of about 35 miles. The GEM (renamed Green Eco Mobility) lineup will be expanded to include a larger city car and a commercial vehicle for things like airport transport.
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- August 14, 2023
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The developing countries, often called the Global South, are quietly revising the economic rules, a cornerstone of the world order prevailing since World War II.
The Global South sees a chance to chart its own future. Ms. Nirupama Menon Rao, a former Indian foreign secretary, points to her country’s spreading of digital payments to developing nations. As India celebrates 77 years of Independence on 15th August, its outreach to countries in the Global South has been successful. Developing nations are demanding control of their resources, reordering a relationship from colonial times, in part by insisting on factories in their own countries.
Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Indonesia are welcoming investments in EV battery plants from China rather than the US. Adding a geopolitical component, countries are no longer picking sides in fights between the West and Russia or the US and China.
India and Latin American & Caribbean (LAC):
Indian Minister of External Affairs, Mr. S Jaishankar recently quoted that “relationship between India and Latin American & Caribbean (LAC) regions have moved on a new trajectory in the last decade”. There is a surging bilateral trade and growing people-to-people connections between India and the Latin America and Caribbean regions. The bilateral trade between the two regions has surged to $50 billion USD during the financial year 2022-23, which is a testament to both, “the strength and the potential” of an economic partnership.
India’s exports to Brazil are worth 10 billion USD, which is twice what we export to Japan. Similarly, exports to Mexico are in excess of 5 billion USD which is more than our exports to Canada. Latin America has capabilities in producing and supplying raw materials. The LatAm region is a big source of gold, copper, & lithium and could become this century’s commodity superpower.
There is an intensified engagement between India and Latin America, namely, Supply Chain diversity, resource partnership, sharing of developmental experiences and addressing global challenges. Number one is ‘supply chain diversity’. The pandemic has shown us that today there is an urgent global need for more resilience and reliability in the supply chain. The international economy needs more redundant sourcing and more diversified production,”
The role of the G20, particularly under India’s presidency, in addressing the concerns of the Global South and deeper engagements with the LAC region during the G20 Presidency of Brazil in 2024.
In addition, India’s minister for science and technology, Mr. Jitendra Singh has said that Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) should continue to hold global significance for being the most populated marketplace, driven by the knowledge, creativity and innovation economy.
India proposes deeper ties with Latin America amid growing Chinese Influence:
India is looking to resume negotiations for a free trade agreement with Peru, a commerce ministry official said. Both sides had started talks for a free trade pact in 2017, but it got disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with a population of 200+ Million signed an MoU with Mexican state Nuevo Leon for investments in tourism, infrastructure, and pharma sectors.
India and countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region could aim to double two-way trade to $100 billion by 2027. India’s car exports to Latin America account for one-third of global exports, and Mexico is the second largest market for Indian cars. Other big markets for automobiles are Chile, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Guatemala. Similarly, motorcycle exports to Latin America account for a third of India’s global exports and Colombia is the biggest market in the region for Indian two-wheelers.
India currently imports oil from Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Guyana. The country imported crude oil and petroleum, oil and lubricant (POL) products from Latin America worth $7 billion last year and exported a similar amount of refined products.
India and LAC, the two largest consuming economies, find food security to be a critical component of both nations. Indian sustainable farming techniques do complement LAC’s durability of arable land mass, thereby ensuring effective, & sustainable agriculture. By harnessing shared strength, experiences, capabilities and resources, a lasting partnership that will benefit both regions can be created.


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Gm Management Shakeup
It may be tough to remember the news earlier in the day that Bryan Nesbitt would be out as the head of Cadillac and back to his old position as executive director, advanced concept group. A metric ton of reveals from the Geneva Motor Show has a tendency to do that kind of thing... but General Motors rather quietly let loose a whole slew of sweeping changes to its North American leadership team. According to Mark Reuss, GM North America president:
Most agree that the majority of General Motors' recent products are easily on par with the competition in terms of design, quality and performance. And having shed much of its legacy costs in bankruptcy last year, GM should be making money on those products. However, sales of many of its newest, greatest products have languished and the blame seems to have fallen – according to Jim Hall and Peter Delorenzo – on marketing.


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Bitcoin Trading Volume to get a Boost as Goldman Sachs Onboards Clients & with Bakkt Launch CoingapeGoldman Sachs is Signing up Customers for its Bitcoin Trading Product: Report CCNBitcoin [BTC] derivatives trading facility to be rolled out by Goldman Sachs for their clients AMBCrypto7 things to know and the best place to open a restaurant? Sorry, it's not […]
Regulatory Risk: Bitcoins are a rival to government currency and may be used for black market transactions, money laundering, illegal activities or tax evasion. As a result, governments may seek to regulate, restrict or ban the use and sale of bitcoins, and some already have. Others are coming up with various rules. For example, in 2015, the New York State Department of Financial Services finalized regulations that would require companies dealing with the buy, sell, transfer or storage of bitcoins to record the identity of customers, have a compliance officer and maintain capital reserves. The transactions worth $10,000 or more will have to be recorded and reported.
Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange that uses cryptography to control its creation and management, rather than relying on central authorities. The presumed pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto integrated many existing ideas from the cypherpunk community when creating bitcoin. Over the course of bitcoin's history, it has undergone rapid growth to become a significant currency both on and offline – from the mid 2010s, some businesses began accepting bitcoin in addition to traditional currencies.
Full clients verify transactions directly by downloading a full copy of the blockchain (over 150 GB As of January 2018). They are the most secure and reliable way of using the network, as trust in external parties is not required. Full clients check the validity of mined blocks, preventing them from transacting on a chain that breaks or alters network rules. Because of its size and complexity, downloading and verifying the entire blockchain is not suitable for all computing devices.
Bitcoin paints a future that is drastically different from the fiat-based world today. This is either exciting or unsettling for the vast majority. Equip yourself with the best possible resources. Become active in communities that further explore not only the technical applications of Bitcoin and other cryptos, but with their overall potential to disrupt virtually every market. Brace yourselves. Cryptos are coming.
Bitcoin’s first mover advantage, popularity, and network effect has cemented it as the most popular cryptocurrency with the largest market cap. Rivals like Litecoin may have numerous technical advantages over Bitcoin’s algorithm (see more about that here), but they only hold a fraction of Bitcoin’s market cap and their dwindling communities largely consist of loyalists, speculators, and antagonistic anti-Bitcoin buyers.
In its October 2012 study, Virtual currency schemes, the European Central Bank concluded that the growth of virtual currencies will continue, and, given the currencies' inherent price instability, lack of close regulation, and risk of illegal uses by anonymous users, the Bank warned that periodic examination of developments would be necessary to reassess risks.
Mining is a record-keeping service done through the use of computer processing power.[e] Miners keep the blockchain consistent, complete, and unalterable by repeatedly grouping newly broadcast transactions into a block, which is then broadcast to the network and verified by recipient nodes. Each block contains a SHA-256 cryptographic hash of the previous block, thus linking it to the previous block and giving the blockchain its name.:ch. 7
The very first major jump in Bitcoin price took place in July 2010. At this point, the value of Bitcoin went from about $0.0008 all the way up to $0.08, a truly dramatic increase in price. At this point and in the following year, very few exchanges supported trading of Bitcoin. There was also extremely limited liquidity at this time due to cryptocurrency still being relatively unknown. That meant that when the price started an increase in June 2011 from about $0.95, the approach was among the steepest recorded. Unfortunately, the drop also followed suit. By mid-June of that year, Bitcoin was up to $320, an all-time high. By November, it had declined 94 percent all the way to $20.
The concept of a virtual currency is still novel and, compared to traditional investments, Bitcoin doesn't have much of a longterm track record or history of credibility to back it. With their increasing use, bitcoins are becoming less experimental every day, of course; still, after eight years, they (like all digital currencies) remain in a development phase, still evolving. "It is pretty much the highest-risk, highest-return investment that you can possibly make,” says Barry Silbert, CEO of Digital Currency Group, which builds and invests in Bitcoin and blockchain companies.
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Computing power is often bundled together or "pooled" to reduce variance in miner income. Individual mining rigs often have to wait for long periods to confirm a block of transactions and receive payment. In a pool, all participating miners get paid every time a participating server solves a block. This payment depends on the amount of work an individual miner contributed to help find that block.
Volatility. This very reason many speculators are attracted to Bitcoin is the same reason many potential users are hesitant to get involved. Users that look at Bitcoin as a speculative investment option are essentially gambling on the process, and the future price of Bitcoin is largely unknown. There are estimates that Bitcoin will both be worth pennies in a few years, while some predict that a single bitcoin will be worth $500k in three years. As new investors continue to invest and the market cap grows, Bitcoin’s price could become more stable.
One of the first supporters, adopters, contributor to bitcoin and receiver of the first bitcoin transaction was programmer Hal Finney. Finney downloaded the bitcoin software the day it was released, and received 10 bitcoins from Nakamoto in the world's first bitcoin transaction on 12 January 2009. Other early supporters were Wei Dai, creator of bitcoin predecessor b-money, and Nick Szabo, creator of bitcoin predecessor bit gold.
Venture capitalists, such as Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, which invested US$3 million in BitPay, do not purchase bitcoins themselves, but instead fund bitcoin infrastructure that provides payment systems to merchants, exchanges, wallet services, etc. In 2012, an incubator for bitcoin-focused start-ups was founded by Adam Draper, with financing help from his father, venture capitalist Tim Draper, one of the largest bitcoin holders after winning an auction of 30,000 bitcoins, at the time called "mystery buyer". The company's goal is to fund 100 bitcoin businesses within 2–3 years with $10,000 to $20,000 for a 6% stake. Investors also invest in bitcoin mining. According to a 2015 study by Paolo Tasca, bitcoin startups raised almost $1 billion in three years (Q1 2012 – Q1 2015).
Bitcoin has become more widely traded as of 2017, and both short term traders and long-term investors are looking to participate in this exciting market. The price of bitcoin fluctuates on a daily basis, and can see some significant price volatility. Prices can be affected by numerous influences. Some of the possible drivers of price include: further acceptance, more exchanges opening, regulations, weakening paper currency values, inflation and more.
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been identified as economic bubbles by at least eight Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureates, including Robert Shiller, Joseph Stiglitz, and Richard Thaler. Noted Keyensian economist Paul Krugman wrote in his New York Times column criticizing bitcoin, calling it a bubble and a fraud; and professor Nouriel Roubini of New York University called bitcoin the "mother of all bubbles." Central bankers, including former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, investors such as Warren Buffett, and George Soros have stated similar views, as have business executives such as Jamie Dimon and Jack Ma.
Bitcoin's blockchain can be loaded with arbitrary data. In 2018 researchers from RWTH Aachen University and Goethe University identified 1,600 files added to the blockchain, 59 of which included links to unlawful images of child exploitation, politically sensitive content, or privacy violations. "Our analysis shows that certain content, eg, illegal pornography, can render the mere possession of a blockchain illegal."
Bitcoin is a new currency that was created in 2009 by an unknown person using the alias Satoshi Nakamoto. Transactions are made with no middle men – meaning, no banks! Bitcoin can be used to book hotels on Expedia, shop for furniture on Overstock and buy Xbox games. But much of the hype is about getting rich by trading it. The price of bitcoin skyrocketed into the thousands in 2017.


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Alibaba Health Information Technology Ltd said on Friday controlling shareholder Alibaba Group Holding Ltd would sell HK$3.8 billion ($488.3 million) worth of health food and nutritional products businesses to the company, further developing it into Alibaba’s healthcare flagship platform.
Alibaba Health will buy Ali JK Nutritional Products Ltd from Alibaba Group in a deal to be settled by the issue of 1.19 billion shares at HK$3.2 apiece, or a 6.16 percent discount to the last close, the company said in a filing to Hong Kong bourse.
The deal will bring a broader set of merchants into the online healthcare community, while the company will obtain more stable and sustainable revenue growth, the Hong Kong-listed firm added.
Alibaba Health saw its adjusted net loss narrowed to 98.3 million yuan ($14.3 million) for the year ended in March, from a 161.5 million yuan loss in the year-ago period amid rapid growth of its pharmaceutical e-commerce business. (Source: Reuters)


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By Chand Bellur
July 18, 2020 at 2:29 p.m. PT
- iOS 13.6, officially released on July 15, 2020, is a robust and stable operating system update.
- Apple’s newest update adds a new digital car key feature, enabling the iPhone to unlock and even start supported automobiles.
- Apple News+ features new “audio stories”, offering narrated news stories when reading is not possible or desirable.
iOS 13.6 is Stable and Ready to Install
Unlike most iOS releases, iOS 13.6 enjoys a silent aftermath. Reddit and other platforms for venting frustration are surprisingly quiet after this release. There are some minor reports of features like Face ID operating slower than before. It may be some post-installation optimization happening behind the scenes that is only temporarily slowing down some devices.
The stability of iOS 13.6 is amazing, especially considering how many new, innovative features are in the release. iOS 13 got off to a rocky start, but Apple managed to improve quality without sacrificing functionality. Let’s take a look at some of the new and exciting features in this new release.
Digital Car Keys are a Game Changer
Car keys have come a long way over the past few decades. It used to be easy to lock yourself out of your car, back when car keys were just that — physical keys made out of metal. Over time, car keys evolved into remote controls, capable of unlocking doors, opening windows and trunks, and even starting the engine. Car keys became intelligent enough to prevent users from locking themselves out. All of these technologies are incredible, but Apple takes this one step further with the Digital Car Keys feature in iOS 13.6.
Digital Car Keys are just that — intangible, software-based systems for controlling the next generation of automobiles. The technology allows the iPhone to unlock doors, open windows and trunks and start the engine. Users can also share car keys via iMessages. These shared car keys can impose certain restrictions on the driver, perfect for controlling impulsive teenage drivers. If that’s not enough, users can even remove digital car keys from stolen or lost devices using iCloud.
One of the most amazing features of Digital Car Keys is that you can use the technology even if your iPhone’s battery is dead. Apple implemented a new technology called Power Reserve, which lets users access the Digital Car Keys feature for up to five hours after their device runs out of battery power. Although this feature merely shuts down your iPhone before it has fully run out of juice, it’s still remarkably forward-thinking in terms of human behavior.
Apple-haters despise how the company treats its users like “babies”. At least Apple babies will be able to drive home when their phone runs out of power. I prefer to buy products from a company that treats users with respect and care, rather than one that abuses customers through omnipresent surveillance, with no concern for creating a better user experience.
Digital Car Keys won’t work with most cars. Only one BMW model supports the technology. With Apple involved, however, one can expect widespread support for the technology. Much like CarPlay, automakers will rush to support Digital Car Keys.
Apple News Gets a New Voice
Until this latest iOS update, Apple News seemed to be a service that’s just barely treading water. If Apple News were its own company, it would be considered successful and get lots of funding from “take my money” venture capitalists. The problem is, it’s the product of one of the largest and most powerful tech corporations on the planet. Compared to their other endeavors, Apple News is a failure.
Apple hasn’t given up. Delivering news isn’t just about profitability. When corporations control the narrative, they can shape reality in their favor. This is why wealthy individuals, from W.R. Hearst to Jeff Bezos are so keen on buying newspapers, even if they’re failing.
Apple refuses to give up on Apple News. My own experience is that it’s biased towards Apple, which is precisely the point. Their human curators seem to avoid any deleterious news about Apple. Perhaps it’s a coincidence, but I’ll stick with the PBS NewsHour, The Economist, and other high-quality news sources.
iOS 13.6 gives Apple News a voice. Apple’s newest mobile operating system introduces audio news and a daily rundown of current events. The latter, known as Apple News Today, provides a free, spoken daily news summary. The service also offers narrated news for popular stories; however, these are only available to paying Apple News+ subscribers.
It’s Worth Upgrading to iOS 13.6
iOS 13.6 launched a few days ago, and so far, there have been no reports of egregious bugs. This, combined with some exciting new features, make this a worthwhile update.


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ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 24, 2018 – The LPGA Women’s Network, a digital platform designed to help nurture female interest in the game of golf, will be officially launched at the 2018 PGA Merchandise Show on Thursday, January 25, during a breakfast function highlighted by the announcement of four blue-chip companies coming on board as Founding Partners.
LPGA partners Dow, Kia Motors USA, KPMG and XL Catlin have all pledged their support for the LPGA Women’s Network, which aims to be the biggest and most active online forum for female golfers of all skill levels and backgrounds.
“We are thrilled to officially launch the LPGA Women’s Network and to have the support of an incredible group of Founding Partners,” said Ashleigh McLaughlin, Manager of Digital Marketing and Brand Strategy for the Women’s Network. “Creating a community which celebrates the growth and connections women can find through golf is a priority for the LPGA and we are honored to have the support of partners who will lend their voices and stories to this new vehicle.”
The LPGA Women’s Network provides its members with practical golf tips and instruction from LPGA Teachers; member perks with discounts from LPGA partners; the opportunity to engage with the LPGA and its players through an interactive blog and video series; and a channel to connect with each other through stories of inspiration. Visitors to the site have access to everything golf-related – including instruction, fashion, career and networking advice, and inspiration to improve their lives.
“On behalf of Dow, I’m excited for this new partnership with the LPGA and the Women’s Network,” said Karen S. Carter, Chief Inclusion Officer, The Dow Chemical Company. “Dow has been involved with the game of golf for a long time, including selling many of our products and solutions into the golf world. We look forward to using this network to help attract more women to the game, and use golf as a vehicle for career advice and advancement.”
Sylvia Lopez-Navarro, national manager, partnerships & experiential marketing, Kia Motors America, said: “Kia Motors has enjoyed a long history of success with the LPGA and we are proud to lend further support as a founding partner of the LPGA’s Women’s Network. As fans of the game, our passion for sports is evident and we look forward to engaging with, and encouraging, more young people as they pursue their athletic ambitions on both the professional and recreational levels.”
Several topics and themes are addressed by the LPGA Women’s Network, including stories of inspiration and leadership, issues relating to the golf industry’s approach to attracting and retaining women in the game, and advice for women who want to use golf as a tool for advancing their careers.
“The LPGA Women’s Network provides a great platform to share stories from the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and KPMG Women’s Leadership Summit that will serve to inspire the next generation of women leaders, on and off the golf course,” said Chris Goodman, Chief Marketing Officer, KPMG LLP.
Eileen Whelley, Chief Human Resources Officer at XL Catlin, said: “We are delighted to be a Founding Partner of the LPGA Women’s Network and we look forward to playing a part in helping women of all skill levels connect and develop.”
The LPGA Women’s Network features articles and op-ed pieces from some of the biggest names and leading thought-leaders in the world of golf for women, among them LPGA and World Golf Halls of Fame members Annika Sorenstam and Nancy Lopez; Susan Fornoff, the founder of GottaGoGolf; Anya Alvarez, a former LPGA and Epson Tour player turned journalist; and Abbey Algiers, a writer who uncovers the deeper life lessons that can be learned from the game.
Those who join the free LPGA Women’s Network community gain access to more than just its compelling content, but also unlock the site’s hidden Member Perks page, a unique benefit for subscribers offering exclusive discounts from brands like Adidas Golf, LPGA Travel, Greg Norman Collection and more.
The site is expected to continue its growth and expansion of resources for women to learn and connect, including interactive discussion forums and regional calendars for women to find female-friendly golf events and organizations across the country.
The PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando is the golf industry’s leading trade-only event and annual season kickoff for golf industry professionals to display and discover the latest trends in golf equipment, technology, apparel and fitness.
About the LPGA Women’s Network
Born as an extension of the LPGA’s mission to empower women through the game of golf, the LPGA Women’s Network was launched in August 2017 to provide women with advice for their golf games, and inspiration for their lives. The LPGA Women’s Network is a digital platform designed to unite women and help them better enjoy the game of golf. At LPGAWomensNetwork.com, visitors are offered thoughtful, high-quality golf instruction and inspirational content crafted with women in mind.
Top LPGA players lend their voices to the site, sharing personal and introspective stories that give readers a glimpse into their lives from inside and outside the ropes of the LPGA Tour. The LPGA Women’s Network also features articles and op-ed pieces from some of the leading thought-leaders and tastemakers in the world of golf for women. LPGA Women’s Network subscribers receive the most popular video and editorial content from the blog in a bi-weekly e-newsletter and have access to exclusive LPGA partner discounts and benefits. Read the latest stories and subscribe at www.LPGAWomensNetwork.com. Join the social conversation at www.facebook.com/lpgawomensnetwork , www.twitter.com/lpgawomen , www.instagram.com/lpgawomensnetwork